Red Gold Tomatoes is a family owned Indiana-based company around since the ’40s focused on growing local in the Midwest where true seasons impact the flavor of tomatoes (grown on numerous farms in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana). All of their tomatoes are picked and canned at the peak of flavor so you get the taste of summertime tomatoes all year long.
ALL AROUND HEALTH BOOSTING SUPER FOOD
- Lycopene, a healthy antioxidant, is increased during the canning process of tomatoes
- Red Gold processed tomatoes contain 20 times more lycopene than fresh tomatoes
- Harvard Medical School discovered that increased consumption of tomato products results in a reduction in prostate cancer
- Tomatoes can help keep you looking young – and even act as a sun screen
Red Gold tomatoes has provided gift packs for two of my readers. The prize pack includes: a cookbook, canvas bag, magnet, clip, key chain, model car, flash drive and Red Gold canned tomatoes.
To enter, leave a comment telling me your favorite way to use canned tomatoes. You have until Monday April 4th at 10 pm (MST) to enter.
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spanish rice! pasta sauce!
I used canned tomatoes in many, many things. I always keep several kinds in the pantry–diced, whole, crushed, sauce, paste, etc… One of my favorite recipes using canned tomatoes is called Butter Chicken. It uses tomato sauce and diced tomatoes–very good.
Thanks!
I use canned tomatoes all the time! I especially love to use them in a one pan meal I make called Quick Tomato Macaroni Beef.
I use canned tomatoes in LOTS of recipes…from Italian dishes to soups to even a great salsa recipe! One of my favorites is my spaghetti/lasagna sauce.
My favorite thing to make with canned tomatoes is salsa and chili. Delicious! I use canned tomatoes in just about anything!
I use canned tomatoes is so many recipes. My favorite though is Chicken Taco’s. I cook the chicken with my seasonings then add a can of tomatoes, black beans (rinsed), and corn (canned or frozen). I let it simmer then serve on tortillas with all the fixins.
wow sounds like a great deal!!!
I used canned tomatoes in soup! All sorts!!
Homemade chili!!!!!
We love to make salsa. Fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes they ALL make good salsa!
I use tomatoes in chili, meatloaf, soups and salsa. Love them all – so hard to choose a favorite.
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I like to use canned tomatos over sausage patties and noodles
I love using canned tomatoes in spaghetti and chili sauces.
We make an awesome ravioli soup with canned tomatoes.
I love to make tomato gravy with a GOOD canned tomato.
Canned tomatoes go in everything from pasta to salsa.
TO MAKE SALSA!!
My FAVORITE thing to use them for is homemade over a fire Chili <3
Either chili or this mexican dip that I make.
I use canned tomatoes in many things like all the other comments. One of my favorite uses is to use a can of the italian or mexican style tomatoes and add it in my meatloaf, which gives some added flavors and keeps it moist and tasty!
It would probably be easier to list my recipes that don’t use canned tomatoes!! Mexican, Italian, dips and soups…love them all!! Today my favorite use is in my Tortilla Soup. It calls for diced tomatoes, salsa and tomatoes with green chilies. YUM!
I grew up 10 miles from Red Gold and in fact worked 1 summer in the office during college. I LOVE tomatoes (garden fresh are my favorite) but I do love to use canned in my spaghetti sauce, any pasta or mexican dish or homade salsa. Can you tell we love tomatoes???
I use it in spaghetti sauce, salsa, and pasta. I love canned tomatoes
pasta!
I love them in soups and in homemade salsa! Yum!
Love tomatoes for anything and everything. Especially fresh salsa!!!!!
I love using canned tomatoes for my homemade Bolognese sauce!
I use them for a quick made salsa- love them!
I love to use them to make soups!
I use for chili, spaghetti sauce, and tacos.
I use canned tomatoes for taco soup and sauces!
i love putting canned tomates to thicken up and make my special chili delish!
salsa
Go Red Gold! I always keep a few cans of tomatoes on hand to add to soup, or make salsa, or homemade nacho supreme, or anything!!
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I use them in frittatas (drained) and for a light tomato sauce. I love cooking a strip or two of chopped bacon and then adding a can of whole tomatoes…it gives the sauce a nice smoky taste!
Chili!
I love using canned tomatoes in green chile with steak and corn… mmmm!!
I use canned tomatoes in sooo many things. Soups, Chili, Pasta sauces, Indian curries, Salsa, and to take the stinky skunk smell off the family pet! ;D
We love can tomatoes in soups,with our pasta and of course salsa.We buy can tomatoes by the case.
Black Bean Tortilla Casserole! We just had it again tonight and we still LOVE it.
Tomatoes are so necessary in every dish. I have even made a cake with tomatoes and even little ones loved it. hardly a dinner goes by without sliced tomatoes on the table as a side. My Grandfather’s table always had fresh sliced tomatoes and so do I and hopefully so will my grandchildren………
My hubby makes a large pot of chicken soup each week for lunches. Since one of his favorite foods is tomatoes, he adds the Red Gold petite diced tomatoes to his soup. Yum Yum!!
I barely cook any savory recipes that DON’T use canned tomatoes, so I always need to stock up!
I love to use canned tomatoes in spaghetti sauce and also in chili. My favorite canned tomatoes are the whole tomatoes–I think they taste the best!
Soup – I have a lot of recipes that require diced tomatoes!
In taco soup! My family loves it year round.
Chili mac, definitely!
I just made a great version of Chili Mac using diced tomatoes. Yummy.
Use canned tomatoes (all types – all the time!) Latest favorite is for homemade tomato soup….YUMM..and the kids love it! 😀
I love to use the tomatoes in a homemade spaghetti sauce.
I make a killer tomato and yogurt-based Northern Indian shrimp curry. Good quality canned tomatoes make or break the recipe.
I use canned tomatoes for anything that needs tomatoes, especially during the winter when fresh are just bland.
I love salsa with canned tomatoes.
I make a killer Salsa with canned tomatoes and Red Gold is the best to use 🙂
I like to use canned tomatoes in soup.
I use canned tomatoes in my favorite Minestrone soup
Love using canned tomatoes for chili!
I use them in my homemade pizza sauce.
I love to use canned tomatoes in my homemade tomato sauce. Whole garlic cloves, some dried basil, a little salt, pepper and a dash of sugar. Maybe add some chicken and YUM. The best part? Squishing the tomatoes by hand to break them up.
Canned tomatoes are an important ingredient in the majority of my cooking. One of my favorite ways is to add canned tomatoes to braised chicken and potatoes with a few herbs and voila! we have a quick inexpensive gourmet dinner.
I love to put tonatoes in chili and in our Hillbilly macaroni (basically homemade mac n chs with sweetened cooked and slightly reduced tomoatoes). Oh and I was born and raised in Indiana and can vouch for the fact tomatoes taste better in indiana and we looove Red Gold.
Thx for the giveaway
Stefani
My favorite way to use it is either in spaghetti, chili, or mexican rice.
We like to use canned tomatoes for homemade salsa.
Spaghetti sauce is my biggest use!
We use them for so many things, they are a staple in our house. The other day I used canned tomatoes for my spanish rice.
I use them in everything, but especially my chili recipe!
My families favorite way to used canned tomatoes is in the Barbecue Chili with Corn recipe that you posted as the 2010 soup winner. We love that Chili and the tomatoes that are in it.
My families favorite way to use tomatoes this year was in the Barbecue Chili with Corn recipe you posted for the 2010 soup winner. We LOVE that Chili and love the tomatoes in it!
The best way is ANY way!! But our favorite is in my stuffed pepper soup.
I use canned tomatoes for all sorts of stuff and always have them in my pantry. I use them in dip, spaghetti, soup, chili, etc.
My favorite way to use tomatoes is in this recipe I made up. I take a can of tomato sauce, a can of diced tomatoes, whatever spices I feel like adding, add it to some cooked ground turkey and let it simmer. While its simmering I cook up some basmati rice. When the rice is done I mix it all together and you have a healthy, budget/time friendly, recipe.
I use canned tomatoes to make vegetable soup.
I ALWAYS have canned tomatoes in my pantry. I use them in lasagna, enchiladas, spaghetti, soups, etc…. 🙂
I use canned tomatoes for a bunch of different recipes but my favorite use for them is my spaghetti sauce. I used the crushed and puree-it gives the sauce a real “deep” flavor and a great texture.
I have 2 favorite ways to use canned tomatoes……….my family’s favorite tomato sauce for spahetti and in making homemade soups.
Canned tomatoes are one of my most used pantry products. One of my favorite meals is hot pasta tossed with a can of diced tomatoes, fresh basil, feta cheese crumbles and sliced black olives. Mmmm.
Canned tomatoes sole purpose in our house is to make chili in the crockpot!
White Bean Chicken Chili with diced tomatoes. . . yum!
I LOVE using canned tomatoes when I cook… stews, sauces, chili, I even make a great Mexican pasta salad with canned tomatoes. I use them all the time!
I always use them for enchiladas
I love using it as the base to my pasta sauce! YUM!
I use canned tomatoes in so many things! Spaghetti type sauces, soups, chili! We love canned tomatoes!
In Soups and Mexican Salsa!
My favorite salsa recipe uses canned tomatoes!
I love to use them in chili and in spaghetti sauce.
Just yesterday I used canned tomatoes to make tomato soup and it was really yummy. Even my boys ate it.
I have cases of canned tomatoes in my pantry. I use them to make stewed zucchini and serve it over egg noodles. So yummy!
Our family favorite is goulash! Thanks for the chance to win a fabulous prize pack!
My 5 alarm Chili 🙂
I use canned tomatoes to make my Yummy Roasted Tomato Soup… canned tomatoes always save the day!
I use canned tomatoes all the time! I love tossing a can of diced tomatoes in to pasta dishes or to replace fresh chopped tomatoes out of season!
Canned tomatoes in chili!
With a nice stirfry/baked chicken dish. Thanks.
We use alot of canned tomatoes in our house- pasta sauces- soups- stews. To tell the truth I have never tried redgold tomatoes. I was brought up in sacrament ca where Libby’s did ther tomatoes.
This would be a great chance to try them out in my old family receipes. So I would love to win.
thank you Grams of 20
I love to use canned tomatoes in my cooking … in marinara sauce, chili, Swiss steak, goulash, lasagna, soups ….. I almost always have some in my pantry, as they are good in so many different things!
I store canned tomatoes as part of my food storage, and routinely use them to make homemade spaghetti sauce in my crockpot. They are also great for homemade chili and enchilada soup!
I love to use them in a yummy chicken brushetta recipe I have. I think I really enjoy that recipe because I went into labor the night after eating that so I always say it was due to that!
I always have canned tomatoes in my pantry. I love to use them in soups and sauces.
I LOVE to make taco soup with canned tomatoes…..makes me wanna eat it right now 🙂
How do I use canned tomatoes, let me count the ways!!! What a versatile and major ingredient in so many dishes. I suppose one of my favorite uses would be in my famous slow simmered marinara sauce chocked full of tomatoes, basil, olive oil, garlic, carrots, onions, and a few other ingredients that will remain nameless, hence the “famous” part!
i love to use canned tomatoes in soups and suces
I always have canned tomatoes in my pantry – and they’re almost always used to make Sunday gravy and macaroni.
I love to use canned tomatoes in pasta sauce or salsa.
lasagna with redgold tomatoes is always the best!
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